Tag: Pashtuns
State committed to addressing ‘genuine’ demands of Pashtuns: army
--Maj Gen Ghafoor says Afghan Taliban not excluding Pakistan from peace talks
--Dismisses fears that the US would lose interest in Pakistan once it exited...
PEMRA takes notice of Orya’s ‘derogatory’ remarks against Pashtuns
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Thursday issued a show cause notice to Neo TV for airing "derogatory remarks" against the Pashtun community.
The private channel...
Agency responsible for racist ad against Pashtuns blacklisted: Chohan
LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Information and Culture Fayyazul Hassan Chohan on Thursday condemned the objectionable advertisement regarding Pashtuns, which was aired by a news channel last week,...
Pashtun ID cards not blocked due to nationality or prejudice: NADRA...
Usman Mobin says 40 years old issue won't be resolved in a day
ISLAMABAD: National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) Chairman Usman Mobin said...
Punjab Police draw ire over ‘racial profiling’ of Baloch, Pashtun students
Police post 'Real Terrorism' list that contains pictures, names of Pashtun, Baloch students on official website, later deletes it
LAHORE: The Punjab Police on Wednesday removed...
‘Racial profiling’: Four Pashtuns injured as locals attack Township market
--Police refuse to lodge complaint against attackers
--PTM announces countrywide protests if FIR not registered
LAHORE: At least eight people including 4 Pasthuns were injured in a...
Pashtuns will approach UN if state doesn’t give due rights, says...
--Pashtun leader says his community wants to settle demands with govt in courtroom
--Rejects allegation of being 'foreign agent', says demanding a peaceful life is not 'part...
PTM holds protest rally resenting workers’ arrests
LAHORE: At least a hundred people including supporters of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), activists and civil society members on Monday held a protest rally...
Fate of ‘disappeared’ stirs anger among Pashtuns
ISLAMABAD: When Mohammad Ayub Khan heard his nephew had been picked up by Pakistani security officials in Karachi, it brought back painful memories of...
HRW urges Pakistan to drop cases against PTM representatives
Asks Pakistan to end ‘discriminatory’ laws against Pashtuns
ISLAMABAD: The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Pakistan to drop cases against representatives of Pashtun...
No discriminatory policy against Pashtuns by LEAs: Ahsan Iqbal
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has said that all Pakistanis have equal rights per Constitution and no discriminatory policy is being adopted against anyone...
Protest in Karachi as ‘missing’ Pashtun found dead
Moosa Khan, Essa Khan were whisked away by men in plainclothes this week
Family protest the killing, demands recovery of missing brother and...
Naqeebullah Mehsud murder: Malala urges top civilian, military brass to take...
LONDON: Pakistani education activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai on Tuesday requested the top civilian and military brass to take notice of the demands...
Long-suffering Pashtuns find their voice in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: At first, the killing last month of Naqeebullah Mehsud — an aspiring model shot by the police in Karachi who claimed afterwards that...
